Continuing his mission in Africa, Marco Cappato went...

Continuing his mission in Africa, Marco Cappato went to Togo together with First Counsellor Basilio Toth. Togo, a de facto abolitionist, is the only African de facto abolitionist state, with the exception of Swaziland, to have voted against a UN moratorium resolution.
Cappato, together with Italian honorary Consul Marziani Bianchi, met with President of the National Assembly Ouattara Fambare Natchaba.
Natchaba seemed surprised on finding out that Togo had in the past voted against a moratorium with view to abolition. "If we had difficulty in the past (regarding the moratorium - Ed), we won't have them again; maybe we voted against because there hadn't been consultations with Italy (and Europe - Ed). It is outrageous that people continue to be sent to the executioner; innocent people end up being sentenced to death, in any case I don't agree with Lombroso (the Italian criminologist - Ed): no one is born a criminal, everyone can rehabilitate," Natchaba said.